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Students examine the features of the Nazi Police State such as the SS, Gestapo, Concentration Camps and the Nazi legal system as a way to further explain the control the Nazis had over Germany.

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 24 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson key questions
• Slide 3: ‘As you enter’ discussion - What powers and methods to the modern day police have to arrest criminals?
• Slide 4-5: Previous learning recap - A gap fill to recap the main events which led to Hitler creating a dictatorship by 1934. Answers included.
• Slide 6: Starter - An image of the SS uniform which questions about the image of the SS and reasons for this.
• Slide 7: Background information about the SS which follows on from the starter task.
• Slide 8-9: Background information - What was the Nazi Police State?
• Slide 10: Background information about concentration camps
• Slide 11: Background information about the Nazi legal system
• Slide 12-14: Task 1 - A two page source analysis worksheet based on 5 different sources about the Nazi Police State. Printable resources included.
• Slide 15: Task 2: Students create a Nazi Police State fact file using the fact sheet
• Slide 16: Challenge questions
• Slide 17-18: EXAM FOCUS - Two ‘Inference’ questions on a printable student answer sheet.
• Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with supporting structure guide.
• Slide 20-22: Learning Review - A crossword based on key terms from the lesson with answers and printable crosswords to give out to students.
• Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 24: More from RA Resources

This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.

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